Trump to declare national emergency over border wall

15/02/2019|3min

US President Donald Trump is set to declare a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall, according to senior Republican Mitch McConnell.
The announcement comes as Congress will vote on whether it will pass a spending bill to prevent another partial government shutdown.
Under the bill, President Trump will receive only a fraction of the requested funding for a US-Mexico border wall of $US1.4 billion from the original demand of $US5.7 billion.
Senator McConnell has announced Mr Trump intends to sign the bill and declare a national emergency at the same time.